European diplomats reportedly consider Trump a 'laughing stock' who is 'obsessed with Obama'

European diplomats apparently play "word bingo" when President Donald Trump talks.

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Foreign diplomats hold a less-than-flattering view of President
Donald Trump, according to a BuzzFeed report
published on Wednesday.

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Top-ranking European officials, speaking on the condition of
anonymity, told BuzzFeed that their chief concerns were Trump's
unpredictable Twitter use and his erratic behavior.

Among other things, they also described the president as
"something of a laughing stock" at international gatherings. As
one official described it to BuzzFeed, diplomats consider his
vocabulary to be limited to so few words and phrases that they
play a type of "word bingo" whenever he speaks.

European diplomats also told
BuzzFeed that they think Trump's foreign policy doctrine is
driven primarily "an obsession" with undoing former President
Barack Obama's initiatives.

"It's his only real position," one official said. "He will ask:
'Did Obama approve this?' And if the answer is affirmative, he
will say: 'We don't.'"

The official added: "He won't even want to listen to the
arguments or have a debate. He is obsessed with Obama."

Trump frequently attacked Obama even before he ran for president,
but his criticisms of his predecessor significantly ramped up
during the 2016 election, when Obama supported Trump's opponent,
Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Though Trump briefly paid Obama respect when the two met during
the transition period, he quickly reverted back to criticizing
the former president after taking office, taking aim at key
cornerstones of Obama's legacy like the Affordable Care Act
and the landmark Paris climate
agreement.

Trump has also levied personal attacks on Obama, most notably in
March, when he accused Obama of
ordering the wiretap of phones in Trump Tower, a claim experts
immediately
dismissed.